WEEE management in Africa

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 591-610

  Schluep, Mathias ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Import of used EEE; Informal recycling; WEEE generated; WEEE legislation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECYCLING;

AFRICA; IMPORT OF USED EEE; POLICY AND LEGISLATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE GENERATED; WEEE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871847520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857096333.5.591     Document Type: Chapter

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